LABEL: Def Jam/UMC

CAT NO: 254742902

BARCODE: 0602547429025

Tracklisting:

A1. SometimesA2. School StreetA3. Who We BeA4. Trina MoeA5. We Right HereB1. Bloodline AnthemB2. Shorty Was Da BombB3. Damien IIIB4. When Im NothingC1. I Miss YouC2. Number 11C3. Ima BangC4. You Could Be BlindD1. The Prayer IVD2. A Minute For Your Son

DMX The Great Depression

2LP Black Vinyl

Despite his membership among todays corporate rap elite, as DMXs The Great Depression proves, the overwrought production and excessive use of trite catch phrases that typify their breed cant mask the dark mans innate raw power. while Xs reputation is intact and its hip-hop as a genre thats floundering, the album serves as an antidote to the flood of insipid hip-hop/r&b combinations and oochie wally-isms that clog the airwaves. standout tracks include the riot-inducing Who We Be and the dead-on Shorty Was Da Bomb. even the lesser tunes are dope. On first listen, Depressions most accessible song, We Right Here, comes off as mindless radio fodder, but its blunt chorus quickly grows on you. the albums centerpiece, I Miss YoI Miss You, is a genuiu, is a genuinely personal composition built around a universal theme. here, DMXs lyrics and delivery invite the same favourable comparisons to Tupac Shakur that he had received earlier in his career.

See below for tracklisting